Comments on A Christian law school in Canada?TypePad2013-01-21T15:13:10ZRick Garnetthttps://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2013/01/a-christian-law-school-in-canada/comments/atom.xml/Joel Clarke Gibbons commented on 'A Christian law school in Canada?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e2017d4051ed37970c2013-01-22T13:10:46Z2013-01-22T13:10:46ZJoel Clarke Gibbonshttp://www.logisticresearch.comThis is an interesting contretemps: whether a law school can teach that one existing civil law is unust. Put in...<p>This is an interesting contretemps: whether a law school can teach that one existing civil law is unust. Put in a different context, we can ask whether a Southern law school circa 1820 could adopt a doctrinal position that slavery is wrong and unjust. In other words, do they have to adopt every existing law as good. Must lawyers believe -- or at least, be taught -- that no change in the civil law is permitted?</p>
<p>This is different from a doctrinal commitment to teach doctrines that contradict the existing lew as though the were actually the law currently in force. The school must accept that it does not have the power to teach that the law is different from what it actually is, however disagreeable they find it. But the other deans are proposing that a law school does not have the right to teach that some existing laws are bad law and unjust. They take the position that lawyers must as a matter of their duty as citizens teach their young charges to be unquestioning lap dogs. </p>N.D. commented on 'A Christian law school in Canada?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e2017d404cb566970c2013-01-22T01:36:56Z2013-01-22T01:36:56ZN.D.When we discriminate between acts that are respectful of the inherent personal and relational Dignity of the human person, and...<p>When we discriminate between acts that are respectful of the inherent personal and relational Dignity of the human person, and acts that demean the personal and relational Dignity of the human person, we are discriminating between acts that serve for The Good of the person engaging in those acts, and acts that do not serve for The Good of those persons engaging in those acts. </p>N.D. commented on 'A Christian law school in Canada?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e2017c361da67a970b2013-01-22T01:27:18Z2013-01-22T01:27:18ZN.D.David, a sexual attraction is not a person, nor is it a group of persons.<p>David, a sexual attraction is not a person, nor is it a group of persons.</p>David Nickol commented on 'A Christian law school in Canada?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e2017d404c4fd6970c2013-01-22T00:51:36Z2013-01-22T00:51:36ZDavid Nickolhttp://www.religiousleftlaw.comN.D., You say "every type of sexual orientation," and I just want to clarify that by definition, "sexual orientation" refers...<p>N.D.,</p>
<p>You say "every type of sexual orientation," and I just want to clarify that by definition, "sexual orientation" refers only to heterosexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality. There are only three. </p>David Nickol commented on 'A Christian law school in Canada?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e2017ee7c08576970d2013-01-22T00:46:28Z2013-01-22T00:46:28ZDavid Nickolhttp://www.religiousleftlaw.comActually, as I read the community covenant, it (1) defines marriage as between one man and one woman, and it...<p>Actually, as I read the community covenant, it (1) defines marriage as between one man and one woman, and it (2) says sex is reserved for marriage. Since Canada has same-sex marriage, the problem seems to me that it doesn't recognize Canadian marriage law. As long as gay and straight people both have the right to marriage, it does not seem discriminatory to require students and faculty to refrain from sex outside of marriage. (Unrealistic, maybe, but not discriminatory.) That would be holding homosexuals and heterosexuals to the same standard, which would not be discriminatory. </p>
<p><a href="http://twu.ca/studenthandbook/university-policies/community-covenant-agreement.html" rel="nofollow">http://twu.ca/studenthandbook/university-policies/community-covenant-agreement.html</a></p>N.D. commented on 'A Christian law school in Canada?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d834515a9a69e2017ee7bcf583970d2013-01-21T18:20:42Z2013-01-21T18:20:42ZN.D."Ceteris Paribus" To say that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is unlawful, is to say that every type...<p>"Ceteris Paribus"</p>
<p>To say that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is unlawful, is to say that every type of sexual orientation is permissible and thus it is unlawful to discriminate between acts that respect the inherent personal and relational essence of the human person, and acts that are demeaning because they do not respect the inherent personal and relational essence of the human person.</p>